Garter attachment.



J. P. BAUMGARTNER.

GARTER ATTACHMENT.

APPucATmN -HLED APR.13.\911.

Panted sept. 10,1918.

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GARTER ATTAGHIVIENI.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I3, IQII.

Patented Sept.y l0, 1918.

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JOSEPH P. BAUMGARTNER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARTER ATTACHMENT.

Speccation of Letters Patent. Panted Sept, 10, 1918 Application filed April 13, 1917. Serial No. 161,772.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOSEPH P. BAUMGART- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 3306 N. 15th street, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Garter Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a garter attachment which shall clasp the stocking resiliently, avoiding tearing of the stocking.

A further purpose of my invention is to distribute V.the strain lupon the stocking between the clasp itself and the front and back faces of the clasp. v

A further purpose of my invention is to Vprovide a garter clasp button, circumferentially grooved and of approximately elliptical section, in combination with an elliptical transversely for gripping position.

A further purpose of my invention is to provide relatively rotatable gripping parts with latching mechanism for holding them in set position, utilizing the resiliency of the fabric support to give spring for the latch.

A further purpose of my invention is to provide an adjustment for a garter support that can be freely moved in either direction by thumb-and-nger movement on the front and back thereof.

Further purposes of my invention will appear iny the specification and the claims thereof.

I have preferred to illustrate mydevices by but one form of each, selecting forms which are practical, efficient-and relatively inexpensive and which at the same time well illustrate the principles thereof.

,Figure 1 is a front elevation of my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary side elevation of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary section of Fig. 1 onlines 3-3 thereof.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary front.

elevation of Fig. 1 with the parts in a different position. v

Fig. 5 is a rear elevationV of the front portion of my attachment.

Fig. 6 is a broken section of Fig. 5. y Figs. 7 and 9 are perspective views of two variant forme of the frontk membercf my upon lines 6-6 attachment. Fig. 7a is a section on line a in Fig. 7.

Fig. 8 is a front elevation of the movable gripping portion of the front member of my attachment. f.

Fig. 10 is a front view and Fig. 11 a perspective of the rear member of my attachc ment.

Fig. 12 is a front elevation of a modified form of the rear member of my attachment. Fig. 13 is a section of Fig. 12 upon lines 13-13 thereof.

Figs. 14 and 16 are front and rear elevations respectively of my adjustment in position upon a garter support.

Fig. 15 is a broken section upon lines 15-15 of Fig. 14.

Similar numerals of reference indicate like parts in the drawing.

My attachment is intended Vfor use in holding ladies, childrens or mens hose, whether supported from a corset, a waist orby an encircling band, and comprises a rear member 20 and a front member 21 with supporting', preferably inextensible, straps 22 and 23 for the two members. These straps are made up, each, of outer cover strips 24, preferably of silk belting on the outside and inside, and inner linings or protective facings 25, preferably of book-binders webbing cemented thereto for the purpose of preventing raveling and reinforcing the strength.

YThe rear or button member is shown in Fig. 10 as comprising a base 26 slittedI for A sewing to the strap 22, and, securely attached thereto, a button 27 of non-circular, preferably elliptical section, for the greater partxof its height. The button is circumferentially grooved about the ends at 28 to a diameter substantially the shorter axis of the ellipse.

The front member comprises an outer cover or a guard 29, held to strap 23 by tangs 30, and an oscillatory ring 31v and both non-circularly apertured, as at 32 and 33 to agree with the section of the button,

but slightly larger than it.

The tangs by which lthe front capk is attached, are passed through the fabric of strap 23 and also, for security, through the. openings 34 of a washer 35 and` clenched within seats 36 depressed Vwith respect to the face of the washer as seen in Figs. 5

4and 6.

its strap `23 with the edge surfaces 37 tightly engaging the fabric, allowing free space between the-edge 38 and the fabric sullicient, with slightV compression of the material of the strap,.to allow passage of the ear 39 upon ring 31. The notches 40 and 41 allow the ear 39 to spring in or to latch at each end so as to hold the ring at each extremity of its oscillatory movement. The resilience of the fabric here acts .as a spring against which the ear must be moved ,to free from this .latchedf position." For convenience in grasping Ijmay use a second ear v39 upon the opposite side of the ring and remove substantially all of the edge at the opposite side, 42 of the cover from edge 38, as at 42 Fig. 9 so as to allow freemovement of a second ear. The same notches Vand41 are shown here as in Fig.7.

In Fig. -12 the rear or button member is shown as mounted upon a base 24 which is provided with reversely. bent terminals 44 which may be conveniently notched at 45,l

and' which'are adapted to surround a portion or all of the rear strap 22 las may beA convenient, preferably yentering between th-e front and rear folds of'this strap and being secured in position against longitudinal inovement'along the strap by threads orv lother Vfastenings at 46. The strain againstnioveineiit perpendicularly fromy thestiap is taken up by the terminals 4-4,

"giving additional strength and requiring less sewing than in the form of Fig. 10;

In operation, the members shown asassembled in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 are separated to allow the stocking'43 to lit betweemeovering the button.` When the outer member is brought to place and the oscillatory ring 31 is turned to secure the parts in the position seen'in Fig. 3, theV stocking isngripped between the front face 47 of therear member 'f and the rear face 48 of the front member,

by Awhichittis irsttalen up, andthe grip i, i 56 between the butt-on and the ring;

' y Laswell as between the 'button andthe ring 31.- The strain upon the stocking is therefore distributed between that portionV gripped by these plane gripping surfaces,

The construction shown in'Fi'gs. 14 and 16 comprises a single piece adjuster for the )garter clasp whichfwill find its greatest use presumably-'in ladies7 garters of the character that *are attached 'to a Vcorset or V.other fupper clothing, though capable of -iise with childrens waists and for belts,

Suspenders and allied uses'where quick and 'safe adjustment'are desirable.

t '.Ihefsh'eet or the plate Vfrom which the :adjuster is formed isbent rear'wardlypand v reve'rsely at the edges 49, 50 to form rear terminals 51,l 52 between which and thefront face a 'passage 53 is 'provided for 'the suspending fabric, Awhich maybe firm jor'jelas- .j use and not 'a limitation'thereof.

The frontofithe adjuster is split up by transverse slots or openings 54, 55 and 56 into front strips 57, 58, 59 and 60. The Vrear terminals 51 and 52 are nearly opposite strip 57 and rear terminals 62 lie nearly opposite slot 55.Y Between them lie ears 63 `,opposite strip 58. rlhat edge of strip-.62

adjacent to the lower end of the'adjuster is serrated or otherwise roughened at 64 to grip the vfabric turned about it whenieither stretch of the fabricis under-tension. 'The' l*straps 22 and23 lare supported by strip 60. t -In assemblage, the main stretch Lof `the fabric is threaded down Vthrough the 'front part of passage 53 Vbetvw'feenthe upper frontV pulled through the adjuster Fb'y placing 'the thumb and forenger upon opposite exposed Y portions tightly, and'fm'ovingthethumb and foreiinger toward or from each other to adjust the position of Vthe'fabric "therein, offering `bothconvenience and 1 speed of!f adjustment difficult otherwise of attainment. However, strain Vupon eitherportion of the fabric draws the fabric against the lower edge of terminals 62, giving'a grip which will hold against normal strains and which is rendered reliablefand fullyeffectivefby teeth upon the lower edge lat y64.

Itwill be evident th'atfmy attachmentv and adjuster coperate'with the fabric to'providefthe entire equipment for a corset'garter and to provide'the adjustment andV grip Vfor any existing type'of garter. Y

It will be evident that varifousychaiigcs `in the :construction shown may bem'ade'without departing from the spirit and vscope of "my invention as outlined in the' 'claims hereof; that my gripping in'eclianisinfis capable'of use in other locations, suchfas for suspender terminals in .j-umper u'scgf'and that-thc disclosure in connection with the garter is one merely'of `greatest prospective Having'thus described Inyvinvention,` what I claim as new and desire-to secure by'Iietn Vters Patent is 1. In a garment Icla'sp, an elliptical button, grooved about the endsofthefmajor axis, a support therefor, anV outeri'member fitting over the-button, :a ring carried by .the f ot nllbel i and adptedto trig* lito "is o the grooves of the b'iitton, a fabric with which one face of the ring engages, and retaining means for holding the ring in turned position, taking advantage of the resilience of the fabric.

2. In a garment clasp, a non-circular button grooved about its larger dimension, a base therefor, a flexible support for the base, a cover adapted to it over the button, a flexible support therefor, tangs on the cover I holding it to lthe flexible support, the cover being spaced from the support throughout a portion of its periphery and additionally spaced at one point, in combination with a ring between the cover and support projecting through the spacing and having greater thickness than the free width of the greater part of the spacing.

3. In a garment clasp, a button of noncircular section,'grooved circumferentially about the portion of larger section, a base therefor, a fabric support for the base, a cover adapted to fit over the button, tangs on the cover, a fabric support through which said tangs are adapted to be fastened,

leaving a space between the cover and the fabric between the tangs larger at the ends of the space than between the same, a ring between the cover and support adapted to pass over the button and turn into the groove thereof and means on the ring passing into the space and snapping into the extra space at each end thereof.

4. In a garment clasp, a button of elliptical cross section grooved at the ends at an intermediate point of its height, a base therefor, a flexible support for the base, a cover, a flexible support to which the cover isattacheol, a ring adapted to pass over the button and to swing between the cover member and flexible support and a projection lupon the ring resiliently engaging the flexible support at intermediate positions and adapted to latch in the extremities of its movement by rea-son of the resilience of the support.

JOSEPH P. BAUMGARTNER.

Witnesses:

J. LUTHERIA KAUFFMAN, WM. STEELL JACKSON.

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